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Headliner Pasta Eater When Giusto Priola, a chef, opened Cacio e Pepe, a Roman-style restaurant downtown, he said his friends were surprised. “My friends know I’m from Sicily, and they kept asking why I was doing Roman restaurants,” he said. The simple answer is that his chef was Roman. Here, …

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, is seeing its profits squeezed amid the ongoing U.S.­-China trade war and slowing global economic growth. The company’s shares are also feeling the weight, having fallen about 19% from their peak closing-high back in January 2018. They are up …

Raising money for a startup in a competitive industry like cannabis tech is no easy feat. Headset, an analytics startup for the nascent marijuana industry, raised a $12 million Series A round backed by prominent investors earlier this year and has signed deals with the market-research firm Nielsen and the …

Recovery efforts on these northern Bahamian islands have only just begun, and many small villages have not yet received aid, according to the Associated Press. Dorian’s 180 mph sustained winds caused an estimated $7 billion of damage. The storm killed dozens, and search and rescue teams are still looking for …

Casey’s General Stores, Inc. (CASY) is a chain of Midwest convenience stores in 16 states. The retailer beat earnings estimates, but the stock stalled and slipped slightly. The stock is trading above its monthly value level at $162.35 but below its all-time intraday high of $173.31 set on Aug. 20. …

Many Uber and Lyft drivers average $828 a month, as they only drive part-time throughout the month, according to a 2018 report by the JP Morgan Chase Institute. For those that do drive full-time, many of them have reported going on food stamps to eat. But drivers are not the …

Image copyright Getty Images Half-price cinema tickets, cycle to work schemes and gym passes have long been part of employee benefits programmes. But with research showing 84% of millennials look to leave their jobs within the first two years, employers want to tailor their perks packages to their employees’ needs. …

As the trade war between the U.S and China rages on, investors may find bargains in Chinese stocks. “China is the one [region] where we have a preference because of valuation and because of the expectation that Chinese stimulus can provide some uplift to earnings,” says Thomas Poullaouec, the Hong …

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Regardless of the size of their apartment, renters in Manhattan are bound to spend a not-so-pretty penny. According to a market report released by the real-estate brokerage Douglas Elliman, the median rent for a studio in Manhattan in July and August was $2,700. That number, as Bloomberg reported, …